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What are the symptoms of encopresis?

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Encopresis is when children over age 4 repeatedly poop in their clothes. Most kids with this condition feel no urge to have a bowel movement before they soil themselves. They usually have accidents during the day when they’re active. School-aged children may do it in the late afternoon once they get home. Soiling at night is uncommon. Sometimes, the child can pass very large stools that have collected over time.

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